authorities had issued an amber alert for william mcquain. last night, a little after 8, detectives went to briercliff terrace apartments in germantown as part of a missing person report. and when they entered the apartment, that's when they found 51-year-old jane mcquain dead in her bedroom. detectives are treating this as a homicide. they say she suffered trauma to her upper body. there was no sign of the victim's son william mcquain. he has not been seen since september 30th. william is described as a light skinned black male about 5 feet tall and weighs 85 pounds. now right here look at this. that is new picture captured at walgreens getting the message out about the amber alert. across the area this morning, you can find information posted about the amber alert i saw it on i-65 on my drive into work this morning on the billboard. now a vehicle registered to jane mcquain is also missing. and william could be with it. authorities are looking for a black 2011 honda crv with maryland tags 5ag9405. and you can log onto our abc2news.com websit

>>> now "good morning maryland roy on amber alert for an -- >> reporter: an amber alert was issued for an 11-year-old boy. >>> her parents says she was snatched from her crib as she slept. the latest on the missing baby lisa irwin. >>> a terror plot serptd on capitol hill and they believe it was conceived sponsored and directed by iran. details of that coming up on this thursday, october 13th. good morning i am charley crowson. before we get to that breaking news let's check the forecast and say hello, to meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. check this out. 5:30. we are looking at 63 degrees in baltimore. 57 up towards york, p.a. we have got drizzle and fog and it's a damp morning and we will be watching rain back to the west. for fun i played around with the settings on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. look what i found. there's lightning with the storms. there's thunder and lightning in montgomery county. and it's potent and now it's spreading an indication from the radar on baltimore it's not just the mist and drizzle that's been plaguing us for the last few hours. but

>> yeah, we can go to amber lee. she joins us on the phone.re are you now and what are you seeing? >> we're at broadway, crossing 10th, i'm following the protesters. after a little bit, they just started walking again, and when i asked a couple of protesters where they're headed, they said they don't really know, so they're just following the crowd. i don't see anything. they're not damaging anything. just walking along peacefully, some of them are bicycling. i see, i would say more than 200 people out here just leisurely walking down broadway. headed towards the police station, but like i said, i don't know what their destination is whether it's the 880, or the police department. >> right now, they're only about four blocks from 880 there amber. do you see any police at all in the area? >> i see police on the side street watching, but not really close to the protesters, they're keeping a very low profile tonight. they're around. in fewer numbers, and just in places, on the side streets. >> earlier tonight, there was word that these protesters

all across the area this morning, you can find information posted about the amber alert. now a vehicle registered to jane mcquain is also missing. and william could be with it. authorities are looking for a black 2011 honda crv with maryland tags 5ag9405. and you can log onto abc2news.com for the latest and the most updated information on this story. it's located in our slide show and if you have any information about william detectives ask you please call montgomery county major crimes division at 240-773-507 a 06789 and -- 5070. and callers can reman anonymous. but right now it's -- remain anonymous by right now it's important to find the child will if you have information, call. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> occupy san francisco protesters are targeting banks and they are doing everything they can to make sure they are head. police arrested a dozen demonstrators for block the entrance to the building. protesters had been rallying in front of the federal reserve bank and moved efforts and people to wells fargo. take a look. >> i am furious that banks g

>> yeah, we can go to amber lee. she joins us on the phone.re are you now and what are you seeing? >> we're at broadway, crossing 10th, i'm following the protesters. after a little bit, they just started walking again, and when i asked a couple of protesters where they're headed, they said they don't really know, so they're just following the crowd. i don't see anything. they're not damaging anything. just walking along peacefully, some of them are bicycling. i see, i would say more than 200 people out here just leisurely walking down broadway. headed towards the police station, but like i said, i don't know what their destination is whether it's the 880, or the police department. >> right now, they're only about four blocks from 880 there amber. do you see any police at all in the area? >> i see police on the side street watching, but not really close to the protesters, they're keeping a very low profile tonight. they're around. in fewer numbers, and just in places, on the side streets. >> earlier tonight, there was word that these protesters

there is an amber alert issued for the vehicle and the boy.ontgomery county police if they believe those two are connected, the young boy and the vehicle together and they do believe there is a chance that boy is with that vehicle inform you see it live, call 911. >>> police have a new piece of evidence in the disappearance of an alexandria man who vanished three week ago. lenny harris was last seen leaving a rec center in old sound sandery. >> reporter: for lenny harris' wife and his daughter, there is reason to have hope. >> i had a little bit of flute are to my stomach. >> reporter: alexandria police found his 1994 corolla in prince george's county about three week after he vanished i don't it was like wow, okay, they found the car. as long as he wasn't in it, i was good. >> reporter: lairs was last seep the night of september 21stst. his daughter last talked to him that day as she was leaving for work. >> ic like you do every morning v a good day, i love you, i love you too. >> 12 that night when he didn't come home. 3:00, i knew something

. >> an 11-year-old boy is missing an amber alert is issued. police need your help finding him. >>> the wife of a local legend is dead this morning. we remember pat modell on this thursday, october 13th, good morning maryland i am charley crowson we will get to the amber alert in moment but first a check of the forecast. are the umbrellas needed? let's say good morning to meteorologist justin berk. >> just want to show outtemperatures. low 60s around the i-95 stretch. 63 in baltimore and back towards dulles and dc upper 60s across southern maryland and the delmarva with 50s on north side. this is rain. okay. obviously. it's embedded heavier rain bands to the southwest of dc and that's sliding up in our direction. it doesn't look like there's much going on overhead but it's damp. it's misty and it's drizzle. it's fog. call it what you want. it's wet even though the radar is not showing it. all around the beltway up 83 up 95 and down 97 through an a list, but a solid shield of rain back to the west. that tries to move through. i am calling it mis

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from john we want to go to amber lee. she is on the phone. things seem to be heating up near 8th and washington where we have learned police have thrown flash grenades. >> reporter: i can't hear you but i will tell you what i can see in front of me. the protesters are confronting the police. the police have fired flash grenades and rubber bullets at the protesters. the protest is -- have also thrown paint at the officers. the -- cans around so walking toward the police [inaudible] walking the streets near 8th, there is traffic backed up. we see cars caught in this. i would say there is easily, several hundred protesters at this intersection. we have seen police stop them at several intersections, trying to keep them from city hall as well as the police station. i see a few people who are urging peace and calm but the majority of them don't appear to be listening. >> rubber bullets and flash grenades, anybody hit? anybody hurt is that you know of? >> reporter: not that i can see but i did see them take two people away, a woman at a different i

a nationwide amber alert is issued for an 11-year-old boy. his mother was found murdered inside their montgomery county home. and now he is missing. wjz is live in rockville. weijia jiang has breaking inform information about the suspect in custody. >> reporter: we have just learned that police have arrested 45-year-old curtis, who is the husband. here's the troubling part. police say they have not found that little boy. >> reporter: just before 8:30 wednesday night, police make a gruesome discovery inside the home of 51-year-old jane mcqueen. her lifeless body. >> oh, gosh. oh, gosh, oh, gosh. i mean, i was shaking just like this. >> reporter: police now have a suspect in custody for the murder and for the disappearance of the victim's son, 11-year-old william mcquain. an amber alert went out for him monday. he's described as being 5 feet tall, 85 pounds. though detectives may have the kidnapper, they have no idea where the boy is. >> i don't want to think the word. this is very sad. very sad. i hope nothing happened to him. >> reporter: bec

police have issued an amber alert. investigators believe someone abducted him. >>> two trains collided at the station in oakland, california. the trains have stopped passengers when a at slowtrain ran into it speed. people with minor injuries. >>> 8 people died when a gunman fire at a california salon. shortlyan was arrested after the shooting. a bitter custody battle may be blame for the massacre. the gunman's ex-wife worked at the salon. we turned to 2012. president obama and begins a day bus tour of north carolina and virginia on monday. those are traditionally republican state. the white house said the two townswill stop in in north carolina and then spend ville.ght in greenfie and a survey finds that herman be a ahead of the pack in the gop presidential race. an nbc poll released on tuesday notfinds that herman cain is leading mitt romney of 27% to 23% among republican primary voters. this represents a dramatic shift weeks.race in recent >>> federal prosecutors have complaint against owner of the oil rig that year

amber lee has been covering this story. we're going to bring her in as soon as we get her. she was bringing us reports of clashes between police and protesters. we're going to stay on top of the scene. when we get new information, we'll bring it to you right here. we'll stay in snow park, actually. you may remember that police and city officials earlier today talked about their decision to carry out the raid early this morning to clear out the occupy encampment. the city administrator said that the park had to be cleaned. >> i have an obligation and responsibility to uphold public health and safety. i could not do that under these circumstances. i made the decision with the team that was in place to put an end to what i see as a very critical situation that posed significant risk. >> reporter: as all this is happening, the mayor is in washington, d.c. she released a statement that says over the last week it was apparent that neither the demonstrators nor the city could maintain safe or sanitary conditions or control the on going vandalism. the plaza will continue to be open

an amber alert is has been in effect for william mcquain more than 24 hours. wilder has been no sign of the 11-year-old, police have made a break in the murder of his mother. mike conneen joins us in rockville outside police headquarters with the latest on investigation. good morning. >> police have issued a desperate plea for help from the public. he is still missing even as a step father is in a north carolina jail charged with killing his mother. the father was arrested early thursday morning at a motel the same motel where the victim's suv was found. police say that 45-year-old curtis lopez was seen last wednesday removing items from his estranged wife's apartment the same apartment where she was found dead after lambert -- after an amber alert was sent out for a son. he was last seen at martin luther king middle school on september 30. concerns school officials reported him missing. detectives have lopez in custody this morning, but there is no sign of his stepson. the police chief has issued an urgent plea for the public's help. lopez is not fully cooper

. >>> boy at the center of an amber alert remains missing at this hour even though his father has been found and arrested. >>> anne arundel county police have been called several times for a strange van with someone taking pictures of children. what the police saying about the strange incidents. first weather, a tornado watch in effect for anne arundel county. this has been rain in the area through the day. wyatt everhart joins us now. >>> good news, there are two things. the tornado watch does go for now through 9:00 and it has been expanded to reach into north maryland and baltimore county. we're looking at some of the radar trends here. we saw some ements on the radar picture. this cluster of storm stz main one -- storms is the main one that we're watching is showing some signs of weakening. but the entire storm situated to the south of that line, a little less impressive now. the rest of this evening we'll keep the tornado watch till the weather service decides to change that 70s and thick fog for this evening's commute. >>> if you want to keep up with why the and the weather -- wy

an amber alert was activated for miss mcquane's vehicle and her son william. they located her vehicle at the see conknow lodge in charlotte -- at the econo lodge in charlotte, north carolina. a warrant was issued for mr. lopez. 11-year-old william mcquane is still missing. he's described as a biracial male, approximately five feet tall weighing 85 pounds. our focus on priority now is locating william mcquane. we're asking for the public's help. if you have any information with regard to the whereabouts of william mcquane, please contact the montgomery police department at (240)773-5070 that is the major crimes division. this is -- these are pictures of william. our priority and focus right now is to locate william mcquane. we were hoping that we would find whim mr. lopez -- him with mr. lopez and we did not. so we're asking for the public's help in locating 11- year-old william mcquane. >> do you think she may have been for as long as two weeks? >> not two full weeks. we have information that we believe she was alive at least through october 1st or 2nd, maybe

an amber alert was activated for her vehicle and her son. based on an amber lerch, vehicle was located in north carolina at age 30 a.m. police have arrested curtis lopez and charged him with first-degree murder. he is believed to be her father and william's stepfather. they were hopeful they found the boy with lopez but the search continues. he was last seen on september 30. it is the same spot where his mother was found murdered last night. >> every time [inaudible] >> he is a sixth grader. according to a spokesman, but school calls home and counselors got involved after four consecutive absences. it is not clear if the school followed the protocol in william's case. >> i would not speculate why we did not get information earlier. >> if you have information, call the montgomery county police. >> a federal grand jury has indicted dozens of alleged gang members from western maryland to the eastern shore. the defendants include men and women. officials accused the south side brim bloods of racketeering and gun violations. since 2005, the gang

active amber alert. a mother found murdered, now her 11-year-old son is missing. tracey wilkins has been talking with police all night. she's on the phone now with from germantown with the latest. tracey. >> good morning, joe. this is a 51-year-old woman. her name is jane mcclain. she was found around 8:30 last night inside of her apparently bedroom. police say there's evidence of trauma to her body. now they're looking for her missing boy. is 11-year-old william mcclain is considered missing. police say he was last seen in his neighborhood on september 30th, nearly two weeks ago. he's described as light skinned, black, approximately five feet tall, weighing 85 pounds. police say the boy may be with his mother's van which is also missing. they say it's a black 2011 honda crv that looks like this one. maryland tag 5ag 9405. now an amber alert has been issued for will yap, if anyone sees him or they see the vehicle, they're asked to call 911 immediately. if you have any information that can help with the murder investigation that is ongoing here in germantown, you'r

and spoke with amber and said, with abortion services do you offer? amber is not on our staff. you probably called our third- party contractor, our answering service. she also said that when she spoke with a person from our staff first thing in the morning, it was corrected that when a client calls and says we want an abortion, we immediately inform the client that we do not perform or refer for abortion. when a client comes into our office, she is presented with a consent form and once again week disclosed that we do not perform or refer for abortion. our communications are clear, honest, and appropriate. i would not purchase a pit, nor with my board of directors, and being deceptive or misleading in any way. we maintain a high level of professionalism and treat women with dignity and respect. and respecting their toys at a crisis time. i ask that you vote no on this ordinance and we continue our uninterrupted with heavy-handed tactics from local government and those who have a preference for the abortion debate. supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is

. >> reporter: this is a very pregnant amber miller before the chicago marathon. afterward. and here she is 12 hours later with baby june in her arms. >> this was actually my eighth marathon. my third marathon pregnant. >> reporter: matter of fact, this is little june's second marathon. amber ran 17 weeks pregnant with june in the womb in wisconsin. >> i wasn't real determined to run it. i kind of thought i would have already had the baby. it comes to the night before. i'm still pregnant. so i -- you know, i paid for it. i'm going to run it. you know, attempt to do as much as i can. >> reporter: amber was planning to run half, then skip to the finish line. with her husband joe beside her she found it easy enough to finish. she decided to walk half and run half. >> i don't feel anything from the marathon. but as you would expect after giving birth. >> my biggest concern was going to be getting out of downtown, obviously. but i just trusted in her judgment. >> reporter: believe it or not, amber's doctor, who was also son caleb's ob/gyn gave the 27-year-old his medic

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this is amber miller and her baby, june. sunday, amber decided to run the chicago marathon 39 weeks pregnant. she went across the finish line and gave birth to a bouncing crying baby seven hours later. >> yeah, but man, when she was born, she was screaming. but she's very content now, yeah, it's nice. i'm sure yesterday was pretty stressful for her, too. >> by the way, amber finished the race faster than her husband, joe, by 19 minutes. he says he had a good reason. >> and what were you thinking the whole time you guys were going? >> personally, i was in a lot of pain, thinking about me a lot. >> amber has now completed eight marathons, three of them while >>> now a look at some alarming new reserve on vitamin and mineral supplements. more than half of all adults take some kind of datary supplements. >> but this new study found some supplements may increase a woman's chance of dying. let's talk specifically first, which supplements are we talking about here? >> let's break down the study, erica, and you're right. the headlin

. >>> an amber alert, a mother is murdered, now there is a search for her 11-year-old son. >> a murder mystery is unfolding, her body was found in her town home and there is an alert for her 11-year-old son as they search for the suspect and her son. >> a friend said he could not find her, but they are not able to find her son anywhere. hours after the montgomery county police found her, there was an amber alert issued for her 11-year-old son. they have not seen him for two weeks and they think his disappearing could be linkd to her death. >> they want to look at everything now and not miss a clue or any information to help them resolve this. >> the police found something else missing, a black honda, no one was inside. the detectives are not saying where they found the vehicle. back at the family house, the police are looking for the clues to find the 11-year-old. >> the time line on what we are working on, we hope with the daylight and business hours, we can contact more family friends and associates >>> reporter: they said he is five feet tall and they want to find himselftroke -- hi

an amber alert is in effect for an 11-year-old. police are searching two parks for the body of the boy, who has been missing for two weeks. liens were received that suggested his body might be in a wooded -- leads or receipt that suggested his body might be found in a wooded area in the parks. thousands gathered for the dedication of the martin luther king memorial in washington, d.c. a wrapup of the today's bid festivities straight ahead. -- big festivities straight ahead. >> details on the insta-weather plus forecasts straight ahead. a few scattered clouds around baltimore. [ female announcer ] starbucks via® is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. ♪ it only makes sense it would taste the same. so, try it for yourself. buy a pack of 100% natural starbucks via® ready brew. we promise you'll love it or we'll send you a bag of starbucks coffee. it's the starbucks via® taste promise. look for it at starbucks stores and where you buy groceries. >> an earthquake and hurr

we do have an amber alert for an 11-year-old boy. but it would appear that he has not been seen for nearly two weeks. i'm he here with cap tape -- with captain paul starks to fill us in. tell me how this got started. >> an acquaintance of mrs. mcquain contacted bethesda and filled out a missing persons report. yesterday evening, officers arrived at the residence. receiving no response, climbed in through an open window being assisted by fire rescue. and that is when they found her deceased in her bedroom. >> reporter: i understand the last time anyone had seen this young boy of hers was september 30th. is that accurate? >> that is the information that we have now. this is still a fresh investigation. and our challenge sometimes working overnight is getting to a lot of sources. hopefully, during the day, we'll be able to contact more family, friends and coworkers and determine more about this time line. >> she was found deceased in her bedroom but this is being called a homicide so this is not a death of natural causes. >> we're inves

an amber alert was issued for the 11-year-old yesterday. they had a vehicle description and found the car and found step father and charged him with first-degree murder. they hoped to find william safe with lopez but he wasn't with him. he was last seen on september 30. so police want to know where he is and why it took so long to discover that the boy was missing. and anyone with information is asked to call police. reporting live in the studio, jennifer franciotti. >> the time is 6:51. it's 66 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up we'll take a look at your look -- traffic and weather. weather. stay with us. >> dealing with some accidents this morning. >> we have quite a few actually. it's a busy friday morning. we'll start northbound on 83 just past the beltway. it's a jackknifed tractor-trailer taking up all but the left lane. so you can squeeze by. but consider york road as your alternate. you are seeing delays. an don't route 7 at old hanover road and howard county at el east bound and a quick live look outside shows what it looks like on t

based on the amber alert, charlotte meche mecklenberg. based on additional investigative information, a warrant was obtained for mr. lopez for first-degree murder and he was arrested at approximately 9:30 this morning as he was leaving the econolodge. 11-year-old william mcquain is still missing. he is described as a biracial male. approximately 5 feet tall, weighing 85-pounds. our focus and our priority now is locating william mcquain. we're asking for the public's help. if you have any information with regard to the where abouts of william mcquain. contact the montgomery county police department at 240-773- 5070. the major crimes division of the montgomery county police department. this is -- these are pictures of william. our priority, our focus right now is to locate william mcquain. we were hoping that we would find him with mr. lopez and we did not. so we are asking for the public's help in locating 11- year-old william mcquain. >> is it true she may have been dead for as long as two weeks? >> not two full weeks. we have information

we don't want to dilute the amber alert.have it up too long people stop paying attention to it. i will say the amber alert was completely effective. it got everybody's attention. the response has been wonderful, unfortunately we haven't been able to turn it into anything, but canceling the amber alert has affected the investigation not one bit. we are continuing to do things just like we would any way. megyn: captain steve young, good luck to you. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, we appreciate your help. megyn: we will have this little baby's face up on the screen just as much as we can possibly do to the extent that she is missing and can be found. after the break dr. michael baden who has been critical helping investigators solve cases like that. he is here on the set with me, right after this break. it's very reasonably priced. plus, it's two times stronger when wet versus the leading competitive brand. new charmin basic works for my bottom line. and my bottom. new charmin basic. ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banan

tonight both mother and child doing well. 27 year old amber miller found that pregnant with baby june two days before signing up for the chicago marathon on race day make her 39 weeks with child did not lead pregnancy get in a way of her plans >> determined to run a thought i would have had the baby night before still pregnant i paid for it so i am going to run >> doctors told her she could run half of the race alternated running and walking in 2 mi. increments finished in 6 hours 25 minutes almost three hours more than the usual time. husband ran alongside his wife much of the way she says she simply waddled. >> trusted in her judgment. trusted would see that she was safe >> contractions came on during much of the route and upon finishing stop for a sandwich and have her drive to hospital baby june board at 10:29 p.m. last night 7 lbs. 13 ounces mother and daughter perfectly healthy >> concerns about dehydration and heat exhaustion major concern any strenuous race like that. mother came in in great shape. baby as well. >> amber miller says she has run 8 marathons and the sunday was h

3 thursday, october 13th. 3 3 3 3fiber map 3 3&fiber map 3 an amber alert has been issued... forrmiisiig 11-year- old boy from germantown. germantown.poliie believe he's in danger... after they went to his homee.. and founddhis mother dead. this is a piituue of the boy we're talkinggabout... william mcquian.hees described as 5 feet tall... with brown hair, brown eyes... and light brown skin.william was last seen september 30th at his home on briarcliff terrace in germantown. police are not telling us if he has been missing thht whole time... but they nnw believe he is in danger following the murderrof his mother last night. 51-year old jane mcqain was found dead at hat same address around 8 o'clock. her car s the one that ii missiig... leading police to believe that william might be in it. this is what the vehicle looksslike.it's a black 001 c-r-v.it has maryland tags.. 5-. 5-a-g-9-4-0-5.anyone who sees that vehhcle... or has any other information about this case... should contact police a 6-year-old rosedale irl is recovering this morning... after a viscous pitbull attack. i

an amber alert for the sixth grader has the country on watch. >> my hope is that he may be with a family member or a friend. that perhaps has no idea that -- what's occurred with his mother. >> reporter: his mother, 51- year-old jane mcquain was found dead inside her bedroom wednesday night in the 13100 block of briar cliff terrace, at the same time police realized her son was missing. he hasn't been to class at dr. martin luther king jr. middle school since september30th. neighbors haven't seen either of them for two weeks. >> we just kind of waves and that was it. and i don't remember seeing her since. >> reporter: mcquain's estranged husband curtis lopez is in police custody charged with her murder. authorities used cell phone records to find him at a hotel with mcquain's car but no trace of william. the investigation now spans the east coast. detectives from montgomery county are working in north carolina. they admit as more teenage passes finding the boy unharmed becomes more of a long shot. >> i hope he hasn't killed him. i swear to god i do. i hope they haven't. oh god. >> reporte

ask me about cold and flu remedies. >>> amber alert. this morning people up and down the east coast are being told to look out for this missing boy, the son of a murder victim missing for several days. >> good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. it is october 14th, 2011. right now let's take a live look outside at 6:30. 65 degrees out there. wild weather overnight. we're looking for calmer skies. it's still wet out there. meteorologist tom kierein to tell us more. hoping for a nice weekend, tom. >> it does look like we'll get pay back just in time for the weekend. but, yes, unfortunately, another unbr umbrella day. we had rain return after a respite for the last five or six hours. coming out of the south, where you see those areas of green, that's light rain. here in washington getting sprinkles. in montgomery, prince george's, fairfax, and arlington, but farther to the south, that area of dark green and yellow, it's a more moderate rain in prince william and fauquier. much of that moderate rain has b

amber alert -- posted everywhere. vigils going on. the father is still not talking police. hoping and praying together. the community has 1 focus in mind. finding 11-year-old william mcquain. >> hopefully it is with no injury. pleaseknow where he is, let him come home. ♪ heldo vigils are being tonight. by the football team and the other by the family church. classmates and teachers are sticking together outside of middleluther king school, where little million -- seen. william was last >> i am the mother of three little girls. that we beimportant for jane, says she no has 1. >> jane mcquain was found stabbed and beaten inside of home wednesday night. later, her estranged husband, 45-year-old curtis arrested in charlotte, with thecharged murder. missing, iwent outd want people to come and do the same thing. next heavy hearts for those trying to stay positive in hopes finding william. >> his mother was the kind of supportive lady of our organization. good kid. >> his teammates releasing 100 believes -- balloons into the tonight. has a lot of faith. in sunday school he receive

that's what the amber alert is for. joining me now to talk about this case is captain paul starks with the montgomery county police department. thanks for being with us. let me just start by asking you how did you find out about this woman? >> well, at about 2:15 yesterday afternoon, a friend of hers reported her missing to officers out of the second district in bethesda. they took the report and provided that information to detectives in the fifth district in germantown. after they received that report, they came to her residence, knocked on the door, received no answer and then made their way in through the sliding glass door with is i acance from fire rescue. -- with assistance from fire rescue. >> when did this happen? how did she die? do we have any information about that at this time? >> well, we are investigating this death as a homicide. but we have to wait for the medical examiner to provide us more details on that. the time line is something that we're trying to work with as well. this investigation is still v

. >> and amber alert was activated for the vehicle and the boy. based on the amber alert, the vehicle was located in charlotte, north carolina at approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning. >> police arrested curtis lopez and charged him with first- degree murder. he is believed to be jane mcquain's has been and william's stepfather. police were hopeful they would find the boy with curtis lopez. he was last seen on september 30 at his home in montgomery county. it is the same spot where his mother was found murdered on wednesday. >> [inaudible] >> williams is a sixth grader in nearby martin luther king, jr., middle school. the school calls home when a child is absent and the guidance counselor gets involved after four consecutive absences. it is unclear if these will follow this protocol, because william had not been to school in almost two weeks. >> that will be part of our investigation. i would not speculate as to what we did not get information earlier. >> anyone with information in this case is asked to contact michael emery county police immediate

please welcome amber ettinger, the original obama girl. [ applause ] hi amber. >> hi. >> great to see thanks for having me. >> mike: what made obama attractive to you as a candidate for president four years ago? >> well, he showed a lot of hope, charisma, intelligence. he got people excited. he was kind of good-looking, right? he just got people excited and when i did that video, one of the biggest rewards was getting mail from people emailed comments from people on youtube thise video inspired me to vote. i thought it was awesome. this one youtube video got people up into the polls. awesome. >> there is a tire video. who would have thought. for me that was the biggest reward. >> four years later you were quoted this week in an article for the daily caller, you are not that excited about obama's re-election. why? what happened? kind of like relationships. they could do no wrong. you are in law law land. everything was good as time goes by maybe he is not all what he cracked up to be. maybe what he speaks about he is having a hard time putting it into action. i'm not turning my back on

pregnancy has never stopped amber from running in marathons. she ran one in june while 17 weeks pregnant. so, with her doctor's okay, she ran this weekend, expecting to only finish about half. well, she did cross the finish line, contractions cut her celebration short, though, and left her with quite a reward. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> the clouds have arrived and now we're waiting for the rain. we will see the -- we have seen this sunshine so now it is time to get the west weather -- wet weather. we will time of this rain and talk about how much we will get coming out. >> 61 degrees on tv hill. would you be willing to pay more for offshore wind power? that is the subject of our water cooler question of the day. >> a security officer is arrested on child pornography charges. >> we have been prodding -- today he gets his wish. the senate takes up the jobs bill. i am kate amara in washington. >> keeping tabs o

pregnancy has never stopped amber from running in marathons.an one in june while 17 weeks pregnant. so, with her doctor's okay, she ran this weekend, expecting to only finish about half. well, she did cross the finish line, contractions cut her celebration short, though, and left her with quite a reward. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ and you're always guaranteed the lowest prices online. so don't wait... try, compare and buy at verizonfios.com today. because there's never been a better time to build the perfect fios bundle. >>> it is 4:28 in the morning. we have 65 degrees here in the nation's capital. some cloudy skies as well. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this tuesday, october 11th, 2011. >>> in the news, a major victory for the occupy d.c. demon

authorities immediately issued an amber alert for the 11-year- old boy. on thursday the police arrested jane mcquane ex-husband, curtis lopez in north carolina and charged him with murder. they found her car but not william. and there are very few details about the couple's relationship. police said that lopez was recently seen removing property from jane mcquane's home. the police said that she suffered trauma to her body, but they could not say more about her death pending an autopsy. >> our priority and focus right now is to locate william mcquane. we were hoping that we would find him with mr. lopez and we did not. >> reporter: william was a sixth grader at martin luther king, jr. middle school. a spokesperson from montgomery county school was not discuss william's case but the school normally send a recorded phone call home after an unexplained absence and they're sharing their timeline with the police. >>> parents in annapolis are worried about a man that is trying to take pictures of your children. the police have received reports of two men follow

here is what people are talking about tonight, an amber alert still underway. tonight community pleads for his safe return and mourns his dead mother. wjz continues to follow the investigation. here is new information about the investigation and the search. >> reporter: the alleged murder is behind bars. his friends are saying that they are praying and hoping that their son is returned safely. it's been 2 weeks since william mccain has been at school. but his friends and football teammates haven't stopped thinking about him. >> we want to pray that we can bring this child home. >> at a vigil in montgomery county, community hopes police find william safe. his mother, 51-year-old jane was found stabbed and beaten to death in their german townhome on wednesday. an amber alert was issued once police discovered william was nowhere to be found. on thursday his stepfather, 45- year-old curtis low's wilson was arrested for her murder in north carolina, still no williams. she said she had been arguing with lopez who had just come back into her life and she said she fear

an amber alert was issued. police found the car and arrested curtis lopez the boy's step father and charged hip with first-degree murder. they hoped the find william safe with lopez, however, he was last seen september 30. they found his mother murdered this week. >> every time she would go somewhere, he would be there. >> william is a sixth grader and it's unclear whether his school followed policy after he failed to show up after four consecutive days. anyone with information is asked to call the police. >> thank you. an inmate escapes from police custody and this morning he is still at large. this man, 21-year-old jermaine stroud took off after being transported when he was arrested for armed robbery, if you know his whereabouts, you're asked to call 911. >> well, dozens of alleged gang members are behind bars, the 35 people indicted include men and win. the south side bloods are accused of racketeering and guns violations, since 2005 the gang has murdered, maimed, robbed and intimidated witnesses. >> it's n

amber's doctor had given her the go ahead to run. she completed eight marathons, three while pregnant. the baby came in at 7 pounds, three ounces, very, very healthy. >> starting a new trend and called the baby marathon. >> that's her middle name. >> thanks a lot. jay leno is next with "the tonight show." >> bye-bye. from "footloose," julianne hough. the mu

an amber alert has been issued for 11-year-old william mcquain. five foot teal, 85 pounds, the boy was last seen at his home on september 30th. montgomery county police are now trying to find someone who's seen him since then. >> we're hoping to advance that in the daylight hours, today, contact more sources, family members, friends. >> the last time this neighbor saw the little boy and his mom was two weeks ago. >> we kind of waved and that was it. i don't remember seeing her since. >> reporter: the investigation started with a phone call to police yesterday afternoon. a friend of jane mcquain was worried, hadn't seen her in awhile. so, he filed a missing persons report. >> later in the evening, detectives came to her residence, receiving no response, they were able to climb into the balcony section, come in the sliding glass door. that's where they found her deceased in her bedroom. >> police don't know how she died or how long she's been dead but they did find signs of trauma to her body. >> it is kine of scary. >> quiet neighborhood. people ar

amber miller was 38 weeks pregnant when she laced up her shoes for the chicago marathon yesterday.n half and walk the rest and then she went into labor. >> i wasn't determined to run and thought i would have already had the baby. i'm still pregnant and i paid for it so i'm going to run it or attempt to do as much as i can. >> seven hours after finishing amber gave birth to her baby june. her doctors said it with u.s. fine because she is a regular marathon runner but not recommended for most pregnant women. it is hard enough carrying a water bottle. >> that kid has already run his first marathon. good for him. >> no kidding. >> you can go on now. >> a lot of people have been excited about the great weather for a past couple days and week. but all good things must come to an end. there is rain out there right no now rain around the vicinity including the region and all of virginia, maryland out in west virginia we are not seeing rain tonight. a few areas of fog are setting up. but the rain is not far off. look at the doppler radar we are all clear on the radar right now. but just wid

police issued an amber alert for 11-year-old william mcquain. the car they were looking for was found this morning, but no sign of the boy. his mother, 51-year-old jane mcquain was found murdered. pat collins joins us live from police headquarters with the latest on these developments tonight. pat? >> reporter: jim, news of an arrest of a 45-year-old curtis lopez. he is the husband of the murder victim. he is the stepfather of that missing 11-year-old boy. this murder case in mondtgomery county stretched to charlotte, north carolina. they have in custody, a suspect charged in connection with the murder of 51-year-old jane mcquain. sources identified that suspect as curtis lopez, the husband of the murder victim. jane mcquain seen here on her facebook page found dead last night in the bedroom of her second floor condo in germantown. missing her black honda crv and her 11-year-old son william. that honda found in charlotte. her son, william, still missing. police posted an amber alert for the young man. he was last seen september 30th. curtis lope

an amber alert remains in effect. montgomery county police say their focus and priority is on finding the boy. >>> the suspected tornado touched down this afternoon in louisa county, virginia. winds tore a roof off a centu century's old house. fire officials in stafford county reported funnel clouds in the northern part of the county. >>> president obama had strong words. he called the plot to the saudi ambassador dangerous and reckless. the president promised iranian officials would be held accountable for the plot. he did not call for sanctions against iran. >>> the family of a man who died outside a d.c. nightclub plans to file a lawsuit against the owners. >> he died after an alleged altercation with the owners. derrick ward has the report. >> reporter: it was october of last year when the 27-year-old died after an incident outside the dc 9 nightclub. he threw two bricks through the front window of the club. several people claimed to have witnessed what happened next said the club owner chased him down and beat hi

. >>> starting this half hour with breaking news, that amber alert still in effect.the police found a 51-year-old woman that was found in her home with trauma to her body. they are looking for her 11- year-old son and she don't know where he could be. he could be traveling with someone in his mother's honda. if you have any information, call 911. >>> in california, unanswered questions, a man walked into a crowded hair salon and shot his ex arrive and tried to kill everybody else. >>> the police worked through the night to dig for flews for the scene of the orange county deadliest 4509ing preever. >> nothing has ever happen like this, i had not heard of robberies. >> in a 42 year old walked into that air salon and opened unfive only nine people. every station was occupied. the shooter was found half a mile away. they are hock for a motive, but the suspect and his ex-wife that worked there were in a bitter custody battle over their son. he told her he could too this. >> they said that he had on body armor and just pulled it back. >>> this morning, eight are dead, one

they issued an amber alert for william mcquain. they arrested jane mcquaine's ex-husband, curtis lopez in north carolina and charged him with first-degree murder. they found jane mcquaine's car but not william. lopez was recently seen removing property from jane's home and placeing it inside her car. -- placing it inside her car. investigators said that mcquain had suffered trauma to her body but the police would not reveal more information about her death pending an autopsy. it sounds like william's mother had been dealing with domestic violence leading up to her death. >> we would see them all the time and each one of them is heartbreaking. it brings everything forward for us. we do an examination of everything that we go to see if we can make one more change better. >> reporter: william was a sixth grader at martin luther king, jr. middle school a spokesperson for the school will not discuss william's case but said that the school normally sends a recorded phone call home after an unexplained absence. and they're sharing their t

based on the amber alert charlotte mecklenburg p.d. located her vehicle at a lodge in charlotte north carolina, at 8:30 this morning. based on investigations, it warrant was obtained for mr. lopez for first-degree murder and he was arrested at approximately 9:30 this morning as he was leaving the econo lodge. 11-year-old william mclean -- william mcquain is still missing. he is a biracial man, 5 feet tall weighing 85 pounds. our priority now is locating william mcquain. we are asking for the public's help. if you have any information with regard to the whereabouts of william mcquain, please contact the montgomery county police department at 240-773-5070 the major crimes division of the much calmer county police department -- of the montgomery county police department. these are pictures of william. our priority, our focus right now is to locate william mcquain. we were hoping that we would find him with mr. lopez, and we did not. so we are asking for the public's help in locating a 11- rolled william mcquain. >> she may have been dead